Administration of Justice in Seventeenth Century India (A Study of Salient Concepts of Mughal Justice)

1973 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 721
Author(s):  
Fritz Lehmann ◽  
B. S. Jain ◽  
A. L. Srivastava ◽  
Noman Ahmad Siddiqi ◽  
J. S. Grewal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Administration Of Justice

scholarly journals Decisions of the Samogitian Court in the First Decade of the Seventeenth Century

Lituanistica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Darius Vilimas
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Court Decisions ◽  
Administration Of Justice

The article examines several types of legal dispute resolutions in Samogitian castle and land courts in the first decade of the seventeenth century. These are non-appear­ance decisions and reconciliations between litigants. Dozens of examples from castle and land courts are provided. The ways of arriving at the court decisions discussed were measures aimed at accelerating the administration of justice, which was not quick enough due to endless disputes, appeals, or postponement of cases in the courts of Samogitia. Reconciliation was often achieved on the eve of oaths in court. At the same time, efforts were made to reduce the enormous workload of the courts in the region.

scholarly journals The Oath as an Element of Juridical Culture in Early-Seventeenth-Century Courts of Samogitia

Lituanistica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Darius Vilimas
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Administration Of Justice ◽  
A Charge ◽  
The Postponement

The work is focused on the use of the oath in Samogitian land and castle court books at the beginning of seventeenth century. The oath was administered quite often and it was the fastest way to resolve one instance of litigation or another. According to the submitted examples of seventeenth-century court books, oaths were incriminating or exculpatory. Incriminating oaths (those of the plaintiff party) were more frequent. Administering an oath did not necessarily mean it would be fulfilled as they often ended in a reconciliation or postponement. Reconciliation under oath did not always mean that the defendant would be exempt from financial sanctions, which courts often imposed even after a formal conciliation. Partial oaths were also practiced: the oath would be divided into several segments and a person would swear to one segment of a charge and not to another. The postponement or withholding of oaths resulted not only from formal reasons but also from the desire not to err in hasty administration of justice.

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